THE ASSASSINATION OF EARL MAYO.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 160, 29 March 1872, Page 3

THE ASSASSINATION OF EARL MAYO.

'» - Great excitement was occasioned! throughout Ceylon and India by- the assassination of the Earl of Mayo,- the Viceroy of India. Lord Mayo, accompanied by Lady Mayo, the Marquis and -March io'ne ss of Drogheda, Lord and Lady Donou«;bmore, with other guests, and a suite of 30 persons, left Cal ulta on a tour to Burmah and Unssa, on January 24th, in H. M. S. Glasgow, the admiral's flag-ship, and the steamer Dacca. They arrived at Rangoon on the 28th, and great rejoicings and ceremonials took place over the first visit of the Viceroy. They then visited Moulmein, and left t*>ere en the6th. They arrived at the* Andaman Islands on the Bth of February. During the afternoon, the Viceroy inspected the c n viet sett lenient at. Fort Blair, returning at five? o'clock, and then weinV to v«sife -Hore- Town, •where he w;«s-detained till dark;

A t:■ w vi n oVlo« k, rhe w T as embarking in a steam-l.stinchftir the Glasgow, when an assassin broke, through the. guards; and sr i»bed f e Viceroy tace iji'the jack, his j- enpon through -the left ai.d liver .;. I lord Mayo fell or jumped oji" the f ier .into..«the water.. •"Beinsr-ta-kt-n into the. launch, he' said, " I au.inot; much hurt f'-theti,-- 1 " Lift, up tny headland ex reaching the ship. Ltdy M lyo was w titiit jc her Uu<bMld's return ;.Jor diune.r on, board the GlasgoWj but- received the. corpse.;instead. The murderer was a ticket-of-leave

manf aiMahomedan, f.7 *m> the borders calleri: 3here; The only reason - he given l for the deecHs that "God ordered him-to kill ithe; enemy of his'country."' On being; .-sentenced > tu • death,; he appeared fto< bexjuite triutri.ph'f ant. ; . He had hidden-himself dn< the u.1.5 'fiwishedpartiof the-pier;-victs. were 'Stationed 'outside: the l guards, anddield torches<Jwhieh were; overturn;ed in the confusion. :: -The assassin jiad beentranspoH;edfor murder previously ■ It is supposed that ;the deed is the-result! of • political - and -religious < fanatieismy. iThebody o£the Viceroy: .wastconveyed to ! Galcutta by the - ; Giasgow,-; \ and/. thence' • to by IjadyfMayo^s ; defeirei i 'liv 'symfja'thy felt" throughout. India. ' •-.;<:-.- i;; • •

-> 'liord Napier,;iG-oyerhor of :Madrasf succeeds as GoveVrior-general -tempbraV: rily, the- lArbutlinot acrting as" r Grbvernor • of: Madras. :'-it ■•■• Lord-: and Lady Napier'sfarewell | o*ne wasidressed in : monrning. Fi ji r > '

Mr Gladstone, Mr Disraeli^and the Duke of Argyll 5 , itheiir; grief at the? Esrbof M«yo. ,, r and their- with--his. fajnilv:; The'wholer'Enul-sb Ppess comments/ on • thiesubject feelinjjly. The Times.p'lkceis, 'no'pblitii'al significance on the ationi*;: It says "the Viceroy dieid a nnart'yr tb the highest calls of : -'The names of-Loifd and -Lord'Dufferih are-meivtionfedjts probir -ble successors to Lord' Mayo. ' ; >■'"•' •--■■-■- '- r .-■-■;--,■ ■■:.-,*. ■-.■■■:■ 1/ •

f .--- .Amongother. things,-we are indebted j tip, it tie,; * lnangahua jJleniLd ::f<j>Uo\ying-/::T^'S4;pf>erfpeiv-stain[Dedd tboU placa ; pu Thursday, March-.-7,;hi,oqnse-quence. oi!: the three ..men's y-.nound in tNo," J.r,N T orfcl^, Baigent's,: at Bpatihan'sy beini* declared open to be taken tip by -.holders of,miners' rights, The gf-ound was: so declared by the Warden during the sitting of; the Court, and with one accord some fit* een orM wen ty com peri-, tors made-a rush from the Court House. .These A\sere, ; j<fl'ned by.several otbers in the-(vicinity of the. .Court; and.?altogether. about thirty•• miners..-,were; to. be ; seen running at top speed-in ail 'excitoften or. twelve., miles. .-;■■' -.majority of,,those,w.hp left, the, Court" 7mrfde, tQebvexitat.the bmen : . named De.egan,:y>v,bo., was completely , hemmed in by ; the. dense body of people 1 , upper end ;of \. the ; r,ppm,'sh'et thrpugh one of, the side windows, and j thus gpt a.good start. , Gaifneyi who , up Gaffney's line,! was the first J •on : .ythe? ground r v;and fDeegan second, .'the, name:of the lucky, third.we 'hWe* rbeen unable to learn* f t , > ../.;

.Early ; last week, -some;thirty men; were discharged, from -the . Waikuta Railway ; they were incapable of i doingr a-fair day's work,. and£ supposing they leave the.province, their absence .-will ;noti)e greatly telt.vl ,am not [aware .if amongst them is included Mr.i O' Halloran, or O' Hannpran. Whenrhe was elected., chairman . of the. working men, or those who were considered as such, hel oldhis. auditors, " Me bruther is in Otagga, an he sind* an axes me to lave this conthraetor.ridden place, an, be the powers ! I .mane .to go, where the ginerous; gales o' freedom blow ! Tts meself that hates niggers an' nigyea* dhrjvers ;bad cess to 'em wid their railways an breakwathers. Me bruther; has a far-rm an'breeds butter an' eggs, an has lashins an' lavins, an' buttermilk to the fore, with a naggin o' wbiskev—- .' Who would be a coward slave? Who would be a traitor knave?

God bliss all of ye's. I. lave yer my binediction, an wish well to all of ye's!" It is-therefore not unlikely that this city is-deprived of Mr 0' Halhiran, un. tiLthe whiskey ; and buttermilk of the Ofcagga.nusrin faills. •: A young English man, ofJ wont v-t wo, son of a general in the British .army, has come before the Court of Bankruptcy; with a list of debts amounting to atotal of £24,000. ( )ne of the eredi; ors presents a bill of <£353-fir cut flowers supplied in'the course-of six months, and amoiioitems in the bill such entries-are l to be. found asr," early lilies of the vatiev £lO 10s;". " a moss rose, 10s'fid." ',' ; Two women are partners in.ihe ls*r> business in Kansas. They are sisters- | ■ .- • ... i

;v •'I have, not married lii?htlv," as the man said who married a widow that weighed 17 stune.